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CHICKEN PATTIES with APPLE CORIANDER CHUTNEY

August 6, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

Some things are just easy.

Some things are comfort.

Some things just bring back memories.

I met her 6 years ago,a lady with an attitude of gratitude.

She was the lady who carried a cane basket filled with different fresh greens. She came every morning door to door to sell greens. A simple yet strong woman. I fell in love with her(my keerai lady/greens lady). Why, you might ask?

Her husband abandoned her. She adopted a little girl at 2 months and she started living for the little one. She sold greens in the mornings and did household chores in the afternoon for a living.
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TRIPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

August 2, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

Cocoa, chocolate chips, chocolate covered almonds and coffee beans. Cookies.

We adore them. It’s the BEST!- I’ve heard( not too humble huh..). I can’t restrict myself in calling them the best.

If there’s one thing kids ask(almost demand) when they come to our place, are these cookies. Now coming to think of it, I’m not too sure it’s just them asking or one chocoholic teen who makes them ask…
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BANANA SEMIFREDDO – Eggless and Easy

July 29, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

You have to dream, before your dream can come true.- Abdul Kalam

How was your weekend? Anything special??

Well, mine was. I met President OBAMA! Yippee, and boy oh boy was he as good looking in person and even more charming.

OK let’s not get too excited too soon, I met him In my DREAMS…….. literally.

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GARLIC SRIRACHA Bread Knots- Multi Grain

July 25, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French…… GARLIC makes it good.”-Alice May Brock These Garlic bread knots with sriracha coated are easy and filled with flavor.

GARLIC SRIRACHA Bread Knots- Multi Grain |foodfashionparty| #garlicbreadknots

Do you have a green thumb??

If you do, I admire you and if you don’t I’m secretly happy;). I hear about homegrown tomatoes, chilies and fruits being so tasty and my friend even grows sugar cane, CRAZY…Why does it come so easy to some and here I am with a single leaf Banana tree which has been alive for 4 years with only couple of leaves present all the time. I water it, ummm, maybe not all the time..But it hasn’t dried up on me yet, that’s the bright side.

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SPICY PLUM BARBECUE SAUCE and Grilled Tofu – How I went from making sweet jam to spicy barbecue sauce

July 22, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes – Frank Lloyd Wright

I was 7, I think. It was 19XX coughs ;)..

During vacations, my grandma whom I fondly called ‘Amma’ and the little me, each carrying a wire grocery bag walked hand in hand to our local fruit market. Just the BAG, brings back nostalgic memories.

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YUCCA and Red Quinoa Fritters with Saffron Aioli

July 18, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

What came first the chicken or the EGG?

Summer for me is the time to laze around, sleep crazy hours and the time to socialize. My foodie friend and I have been planning a meetup for a while now.

The day came, and I was excited to have her home for coffee. I made these Peruvian inspired yucca fritters for her. Coffee was set in my small and cozy backyard. Got ready in my butterfly summer outfit, pinning my hair up and in summer sandals, was ready for some girly couple of hours.

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Happy BIRTHDAY – Almond Discs(Zimsterne or Marzipani) with Lychee cream

July 14, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

Here’s the thing about love.

The love I’m talking about is unconditional, just give with open arms, lotsa hugs, kisses and tears kinda love. No, it’s not the crazy giddy love with butterflies buzzing, where you wait to fall on your face one day but it’s the ‘MY HEART belongs to this thing in my arms LOVE’.

My baby is a officially a teen. How appropriate is this dessert which epitomizes him in every way and the cherries on top are there just because.
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BEET TOMATO PASTA WITH PEAS MASALA

July 10, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

Life is not worth living if I cannot have pasta or bread again-Monica Seles

The day starts off bright and promising.

After a month of being without a/c, yesterday the heavens opened and we feel cold, thanks to my new friend who fixed it.

Filled my elephant mug with strong hot coffee(which was a pure torture last couple of weeks). I sat by the window, slowly sipping away jotted my plans for the day. Little did I know then that plans work a bit differently every time.

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ZUCCHINI PIZZA WITH GREEN CHUTNEY

July 7, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”- Yogi Berra

Hi there friends, HAPPY SUNDAY!!

The story of two hours minus the boys.

Today, our home was silent from all the hustle and bustle from the kids. It’s been a

while. I remember years ago, that a two hour drive, watching a movie and discussing it later was a norm. The paradigm totally shifts once you have kids, we love all the chaos, but a controlled environment is fun too for couple of hours.

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CONDENSED Milk Cookies – a simple 5 ingredient eggless cookie

July 5, 2013 By Asha Shivakumar

“C is for cookie and cookie is for me!”- Cookie Monster

Hope you had fun with fireworks and food!!

As far as making cookies go, I am ready for them any time of the day. Maybe I was meant to be a bakers daughter. I can eat them anytime and I can bake them anytime. They have become my obsession. I also want to do a weekly dedication to cookies from around the world. Ain’t that a fun idea?

I have loyalties towards my cookies, I hope that there is an unsaid limit to the number of cookies a food blogger can post.

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